The worst take: build in space because space is cold

$60 billion → $5 million. That's the reduction in launch cost we're about to see. That's the only reason this business is possible — launch cost is about to come down by an insane amount, and launch capacity is about to go up by an even more insane amount.

But the main constraint: we need Starship to work. And New Glenn, or Stoke Space, or Neutron from Rocket Lab — these things need to work.

Cool. Awesome. Thank you so much.

I know we've got about three or four questions already posted — I'll limit it to those to fill out the last 10 minutes. We know you've got a hard stop on the hour, Philip. First off, I'll go to Chris.

Yeah. How are you doing? Good. Enjoying the AMA. What is the worst take you've received on data centers in space?

The worst take. The biggest misunderstanding is: "we should build data centers in space because space is cold." It's like the meme — the bad take that's also the very smart take.

But it's actually extremely difficult to cool stuff in a vacuum — much more difficult than in an atmosphere. It requires enormous engineering to make the radiators work.